Sometimes I ask questions before I know the answer. I was working on a study guide for a couple groups I work with. I wrote the question in the title of this post. And then I started my answer. Pen. Sharpie. Blank paper. And then I had to take my answer apart. When I was […]

My writing grows, in part, out of my life. As a result, it often reveals more of the condition of my heart than I intend. I write what’s fresh in my reading and thinking. I write a day at a time. I am inside my head, living on the ground. Those of you outside my […]

I know that technically it is fall. At least in the northern hemisphere. I know that it is almost the end of September, the end of the first three-quarters of 2010. I know that there is a huge amount left undone so far this year. I know that there are many things that can still […]

I worry that I am doing it wrong. I worry that if I do it wrong, someone will be upset. I worry that if I do it wrong and someone is upset, then … what. Then things just won’t be right. I could, I suppose, when I worry, be thinking back to the job I […]

We have a crabapple tree in front of our house. Previous owners didn’t take care of it. It was a thick matted mass of branches. After fourteen years, it looks better. We started pruning the tree. We recognized that for an apple tree, not all growth is good growth. Not every branch is a necessary […]